Zhu Youxiao has never been easy to talk to. Since the King Dai is so stubborn, there is no need for him to be merciful.
Without discussing with the ministers or notifying Qin Fan of this Zongzheng, Zhu Youxiao revoked Zhu Naijun's princely title on the spot.
All the direct relatives of Dai Fan were sent to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum. No matter Dai's son or others, as long as he was Zhu Naijun's son, he would not be spared.
"My misconduct is my fault alone. Why did Your Majesty impose unfounded charges on my wife and children?"
"His Majesty is so ruthless and slaughters his clan members, which will definitely make people and gods angry."
"As a descendant of the Zhu family, I can go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum of my ancestors, and I can take the title of prince of the vassal, which is personally conferred by Emperor Taizu."
"Your Majesty must violate the ancestral system and act against heaven?"
"Furthermore, Taizu has a system that does not bring harm to his family. I have neither rebelled nor conspired against him. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, your majesty's questioning of the minister's family is actually nothing."
In fact, Zhu Naijun didn't say a word. Jianwen's fate was already there, and it was your ancestors who did it themselves.
It's just that he couldn't say this and didn't dare to say it. Once he said it, his crime today might not be that simple.
Zhu Youxiao also didn't expect that Zhu Naijun, at this stage, could still say these words in a leisurely manner, and he actually knew a little about Ming law.
It can be seen that these feudal kings were not as stupid as pigs as described in later generations.
But no matter what happens today, he will be the vassal and Zhu Youxiao will be cut down, and nothing else will matter.
The two major crimes of deceiving the emperor and resisting the imperial decree were enough to get him cut to pieces, but his status was different after all.
He didn't want to drive the feudal princes to a dead end, so he just imprisoned his family in Fengyang.
"Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Zhu Youxiao looked impatient.
"What are you still doing? Didn't you hear what I just said? Why don't you take action?"
With the emperor's clear edict, the Jin Yiwei who was standing next to him like a piece of wood no longer pretended to be stupid.
Zhu Naijun was dragged out directly by two Jinyi guards.
But he didn't panic at all, and even shouted:
"Since ancient times, only kings have given money, food and property to their ministers. I never expected that in the Ming Dynasty, there were kings who asked their ministers for money, food and property."
"The face of my Zhu family and the face of the Ming Dynasty will be completely disgraced by you. Although I am imprisoned by you, you can never expect to have a good life in the future."
If he were an ordinary person, Zhu Naijun would probably be speechless long ago, and Jin Yiwei would not give him a chance to speak.
But his words did not affect Zhu Youxiao. Since he dared to do this today, he must have thought about it well.
The imperial court was extremely poor and could not collect taxes. It had fallen into an endless cycle.
There is no way to get some money and food from those extremely wealthy vassals, to destroy the Jiannu and Mongolia, and to reform the policies and systems. It will take the years of the monkey and the horse.
"According to my decree, all the fields, palaces, and warehouses belonging to the feudal lord must be sealed and recovered, and all tenants and farmers must be counted."
"Hurry up and do it. After you finish the statistics, show it to me. Keep your hands clean. Don't take it if you shouldn't. Remember to leave a backup at Beizhen Fusi."
Although Jin Yiwei also had a major purge, Sun Yunhe was also his confidant, but he still had to beat what should be beaten.
What is the happiest thing about being an official?
Some people may say that they were promoted to power, or others may say that they improved their status and became a master.
But they are all wrong. The happiest thing is to take over the family's work and take whatever you want, as much as you want.
Wealth is the most attractive thing, even he, the emperor, is no exception, let alone other people.
In front of money, no emperor or king can do anything.
Sun Yunhe looked embarrassed. He thought what he had done was extremely secret, but he didn't want His Majesty to find out.
"I obey the decree."
After Sun Yunhe left, Zhu Youxiao said to his bodyguard again:
"You carry my oral instructions back to Beijing and tell the four prime ministers that I have reduced the title of the vassal to the king, so that they don't need to panic and everything can continue as usual."
"Let the Prince of Qin and the Prince of Jin write letters to their families and go home."
"Let Wang Xiangqian write a letter to Shu Fan in his own name."
"Let San Francisco take the lead and express its support for the imperial court and my policies. All the branch princes of San Francisco will do the same."
"Let's talk about the rest after I return to Beijing."
The status of the Qin and Jin vassals was very important, and the Qin vassal was the head of the vassal vassals, and was the Zongzheng appointed by Taizu.
Although this sect is in name only, it still has a name.
They all have leverage in their hands, and they have been ripped off once, so Zhu Youxiao is not afraid that they will not give in.
As for whether Shu Fan will support the decree, he is not sure. I hope he can understand the current affairs.
"Ask the Ministry of Rites to issue an imperial edict to the vassals. The content should be written: I have received favors from the country but do not know how to repay the favor. The original intention of Taizu to grant vassals was to consolidate our foundation of the Ming Dynasty."
"Now that the country is in trouble, they are my subjects and vassal kings. They should have stepped forward to contribute to the country and relieve the king's worries."
"On behalf of the vassal, he deceived the emperor and resisted the imperial decree. He colluded with the tyrants and evil gentry to do evil and took ill-gotten gains. He also killed people many times, just like animals. I hope they can learn from it."
"Go, hurry up and come back to me as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, think twice. I think it's inappropriate. I'm afraid this will arouse the feudal princes to fight against the imperial court."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Ma Xianglin immediately advised him.
Zhu Youxiao naturally knew what he meant. This was probably the first time in thousands of years that such an edict had been issued to a vassal.
But it is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to go back on what he has decided. If he doesn't give them some eye drops, do he really think that the court can't do anything to them?
Seeing the emperor give up, Ma Xianglin could only sigh secretly.
Although His Majesty is ambitious and capable, he is too hasty in doing things.
This really offended all the nobles and gentry in the world.
But seeing the confident look on the emperor's face, he felt a lot more at ease. He just hoped that everything would go smoothly and not capsize in the gutter.
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"The acting king, Zhu Naijun, allowed his slaves' descendants to prey on the common people, bullied the good and oppressed the good, and used despicable and beastly methods to steal the people's fields."
"Forcing good people into prostitution, hiding private households, and deceiving the court are extremely heinous crimes. Now I have found out what Dai Fan did."
"In order to give an explanation to the people, I will cut off the title of Dai Fan, and send the entire Dai Fan family to Fengyang to guard the royal tomb of their ancestors to atone for their sins."
"Datong is a troubled place today. While I am vigorously rectifying the administration of officials, people do not need to panic and can just live their lives normally. I hereby make an announcement to the whole city to be aware of it."
At the announcement place in Datong Town, a young man wearing a patchwork Confucian uniform was reading word for word the content of the announcement that the government had just posted.
When the common people heard the contents of this large-scale announcement, they felt mixed emotions.